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Velasquez v. Reno, No. Civ. A. 99-806 (MTB) (D.N.J.) (37 F.Supp.2d 663) (April 5, 1999) (Judge Maryanne Trump Barry)

Loaded on May 1, 1999 published in Punch and Jurists May 17, 1999
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Illegal Immigration Reform Act of 1996 (IIRIRA).

Here the Court held that the mandatory detention provisions of 8 USC ยง 1226(c) could not be applied retroactively to an alien convicted 19 years before the statute took effect and who was was released from custody 13 years before such date.

In her decision, Judge Barry also recounted the ...

 

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